BlogJunction Connecticut
A weblog for the WebJunction Connecticut community
There are new expectations for media specialists doing collection development and management in the information age. Each day there are new questions to be addressed.
How can libraries support the creation, access, storage & delivery of digital visual content for and by our students and staff?
How can video be distributed in a [...]
Are you prepared for a disaster to your collection? According to the Heritage Health Index Report issued by Heritage Preservation in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 78 percent of us are not prepared, putting over 1.6 billion items at risk in our libraries in the U.S.
Preparedness is [...]
Do you need to purchase archival supplies for your organization or even yourself? Are you confused by the terminology and not sure about what the differences between the various vendors are? Not finding exactly what you are looking for and unsure about adapting different products? Archival 101 is designed to demystify [...]
Congratulations goes out to the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society in Hartford, which has received a $53,090 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services based in Washington, D.C.
Matched with $63,783 in local funds, the funds enable the Society to rehouse more than 400 linear feet of archival materials, including letters, diaries, business papers, photographs, [...]
Reference has never been in greater demand, as witnessed by the rise in Wikipedia and the prominence of reference results in Google and other search engines. Often students don’t know that reference is what they need. The challenge to library vendors and librarians is to build reference tools and services that [...]
This webinar will introduce participants to the basic types of mold, and describe the environmental conditions that promote mold growth in home and library collections. We will discuss prevention as well as remediation should mold growth occur. The webinar is geared to participants with little experience, but with lots of questions [...]
iCONN, Connecticut’s re-Search engine, currently has more than 1700 downloadable audio books for the use and enjoyment of any Connecticut resident with a valid public library card. In order to grow the collection faster, iCONN invites interested libraries to join a statewide collaborative for downloadable audio books.
Many small and medium-sized libraries would like to offer [...]
All who share an interest in reducing the environmental impact of interlibrary loan operations are invited to attend this webinar in which Dennis Massie, OCLC Research program officer and author of the upcoming report, Greening ILL Practices, will discuss a study of current resource sharing practices recently undertaken by a team [...]